Rose Martin looks at a range of books for reading and for giving as gifts over the holiday season, including Fiann Ó Nualláin’s latest work on mindfulness wrapped in the very practical Irish tradition of the seanfhocail

Archaeologists have begun digging for treasure beneath a 19th century fort in northern India after a popular Hindu holy man said a former king appeared to him in a dream and told him about it.

Russell Brand is determined to find his inner peace and has recruited a spiritual guru to guide him on his holy quest.